Friday, January 27, 2012 - 7:30PM - Sponsored by
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Directed by Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf USA 2011 Feature-length documentary Wish Me Away is a personal and intimate look at Chely Wright, the first country music star to come out as gay. After a lifetime of hiding, she shatters cultural and religious stereotypes within Nashville, her conservative heartland family, and most importantly, herself. Over a three-year period, award-winning filmmakers Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf followed Chely’s struggle - some of which was recorded on private video diaries - and her unfolding plan to come out publicly. Using interviews with Chely, her family, key players in Nashville and her management team, the film goes deep into Chely’s back story as an established country music star and then forward in verite scenes as she prepares to step into the media glare to reveal that she is gay. The film chronicles the aftermath of that decision in Nashville, her hometown and within the LGBT community. Finally, performing before an LGBT audience of over 100,000, with the Capitol Building blazing behind her, we feel both the excitement and uncertainty of the future that awaits her. |
Proceeds from the event will go to supporting the PVCC Rainbows Scholarship and also to the P.R.I.D.E. student organization.
Desperado LGBT Film Festival, presented in collaboration with Paradise Valley Community College's Office of Student Life, P.R.I.D.E Student Organization, PVCC Center for International Studies, and the Center for the Performing Arts.
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